MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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